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unit 1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| location | the site or position of a place or things |
| tribe | is a number of bands that follow the same leader and share the same territory and culture. |
| Gulf Indians | Coahuiltecans, Karankawas (harshest environment, hunter-gatherers, ate snakes, lizards, snails, armadillos, etc., greatly affected by European diseases) |
| Plains Indians | Kiowas, Apache, Comanche, Tonkawas (Nomadic, followed the buffalo, wore buffalo skin clothing and lived in tepees) |
| Puebloan Indians | Chochos, Tiguas, Adobe (Lived in the Mountain & basin region of Texas where there was very little plant life. They ate seeds, cactus, small animals, lived in pueblos built adobe style with clay) |
| Southeastern indians | Wichita, Atakapans, Caddo ( Lived in the piney woods area of Texas, had face & body tattoos, were hunter-gatherers) |
| Era | A period of time |
| Pre-history Era | This era is the prehistory of Texas up to the point of contact with Europeans in 1528.This era includes natural geologic history as well as Native American history. |
| Age of Contact | 1528-1690 -This era Includes the encounters of Cabeza de Vaca and the numerous expeditions over the next 150 years that define what the Europeans and American Indians understood about each other and Texas. |
| Spanish Colonial Era | 1690-1821- This era deals with the efforts of Spain to bring Texas under Spanish control. The Spanish established missions, town, ranches, and military posts in South Central and East Texas. |
| environment | the surroundings in which people , plants, or animals live |
| plain | a large area of flat land |
| barrier island | a narrow island |
| Escarpment | a steep slope or cliff |
| fault line | a crack in the earth's surface |
| plateau | an area of high, flat land |
| aquifer | a layer of rock or gravel that absorbs rainfall and keeps it flowing underground |
| basin | a sunken area in a plateau found between mountain ranges |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| maquiladora | factory in Mexico |
| arid | lacking enough water for things to grow |
| petroleum | a type of oil |
| drought | a time with lower than normal precipitation |
| erosion | movement with rock |
| Mesa | a small, high plateau |
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